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📍 East Lynne⬆ 915 ft1 runways
87MO ·

Richters Airport

38.69610°N
-94.25800°W
ARR / DAY
3
4.3%
DEP / DAY
1
40.0%

Richters Airport (87MO) is a small general aviation airport located in East Lynne, MO, 28 mi south of Independence. It features 1 runway measuring 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KMKC, 35 mi away (87MO does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
11 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMKC 242254Z 06011KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02780194 $

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
18/36
3,000 ft × 85
TURF-GRVL-G○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

36
91% of ops
89 land · 0 TO
18
9% of ops
9 land · 1 TO
Runway 36 carries 91% of operations (89 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 9%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

36 89 landings
UA 34%
18 9 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 34% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 89 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
3.5
flights/day · 104 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 9pm · 6pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 3.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.0× weekday (5.6 vs 2.8 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (24% of 88 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Elevation:
915 ft
Mag var:
5° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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